Abstract: Images of structural collapse crowd our globalized television screens; from wars, terrorist bombs, and earthquakes. The outcomes often look quite similar, but what are the engineering differences? Look first for differences ...

Abstract: This paper follows a companion paper “Progressive Collapse and Earthquake Resistance” (Gurley 2008) dealing with structural design against progressive collapse caused by accidental explosion, terrorist attack, or earthquake. The present paper...

Abstract: In recent years, significant interest has been shown in identifying the nonlinear mechanisms that induce ringing in complex offshore structural systems. This high-frequency transient-type response has been observed in ...

Abstract: Methods for stochastic simulation of sample functions have increasingly addressed the preservation of both spectral and probabilistic contents to offer an accurate description of the dynamic behavior of system input for ...

Abstract: In order to detect intermittent first- and higher-order correlation between a pair of signals in both time and frequency, a wavelet-based coherence and bicoherence technique was developed. Due to the limited averaging in ...

Abstract: This paper presents the methodology and results of a study of the performance of site-built single-family structures in Florida constructed after Andrew-related changes to the

Abstract: The lack of a standard accepted method to estimate local peak pressure coefficients from wind tunnel data can lead to inconsistent definitions and interpretations, particularly because cost and time constraints associated ...

Abstract: Premature failure of wood roof sheathing under wind loading has primarily been blamed on poor nail installation resulting in reduced nail withdrawal strengths. However, this increased vulnerability could also result from ...

Abstract: Hurricane wind–induced damage to the roofs of residential buildings has raised concerns regarding design provisions and construction practices. Current code provisions on wind loads on roofs are mainly based on testing of ...

Abstract: Significant interest has been shown in identifying the nonlinear mechanisms that induce a ringing type response in offshore structural systems. This high frequency transient type response has been observed in offshore ...